Handbook On Japanese Military Forces 1944
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WAR DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL MANUAL
TM-E 30-480
HANDBOOK ON
JAPANESE MILITARY
FORCES
WAR DEPARTMENT 1 OCTOBER 1944
United States Government Printing Office
Washington 1944
WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON 25, D.C., 1 October 1944.
TM-E 30-480, Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
[A. G. 300.7 (22 Jun 44).]
By order of the Secretary of War:
G. C. MARSHALL,
Chief of Staff.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING.
Section I. General
II. Conscription system
III. Procurement of officers
IV. Training
V. Promotion, pay and awards
VI. Morale, discipline, and efficiency
CHAPTER II. JAPANESE MILITARY SYSTEM.
Section I. The Japanese High Command
II. Territorial organizations, including depot divisions
III. Field replacement system
CHAPTER III. FIELD ORGANIZATION.
Section I. Major organizations
II. Arms (nondivisional)
III. Services (nondivisional)
IV. Military Intelligence
V. Reorganization
CHAPTER IV. JAPANESE AIR SERVICE.
Section I. General
II. Organization of the Japanese Army Air Service
III. Strategic doctrine
IV. Japanese air tactics
V. Equipment
CHAPTER V. SPECIAL FORCES.
Section I. Naval land forces
II. Task forces and special defense units
CHAPTER VI. JAPANESE MILITARY POLICE
CHAPTER VII. TACTICS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY.
PART 1. General tactical doctrine
Section I. General
II. Offensive
III. Defensive
IV. Retrograde movements
V. Employment of tanks and mechanized units
PART II. Application of tactics
Section VI. Antiaircraft
Section VII. Antitank defense
VIII. Jungle warfare
IX. Small island defense
X. Coastal defense
XI. Japanese joint operations
XII. Japanese parachute troops
CHAPTER VIII. SUPPLY, MOVEMENTS, AND EVACUATION.
Section I. Supply
II. Movements
III. Evacuation
CHAPTER IX. WEAPONS.
Section I. Introduction
II. Infantry weapons
III. Artillery
IV. Tanks and armored cars
V. Chemical warfare
CHAPTER X. EQUIPMENT
Section I. Introduction
II. Infantry equipment
III. Artillery equipment
IV. Signal equipment
V. Engineer equipment
VI. Cavalry and reconnaissance
VII. Automotive and land transport equipment
VIII. Tentage
IX. Medical equipment
CHAPTER XI. UNIFORMS, PERSONAL EQUIPMENT, AND INSIGNIA.
CHAPTER XII. CONVENTIONAL SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
Section I. Introduction
II. Geographic signs
III. Military signs
IV. Military abbreviations
CHAPTER XIII. MILITARY TERMS AND CHARACTERS.
APPENDIX— SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
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